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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the concern when they follow another VC blood trail?
(a) That it will actually be one of their own men.
(b) That they would not find him alive to take as a prisoner.
(c) That his wounds are not serious and he would get away.
(d) That he could be hidden waiting to take some of them with him.

2. How does the adjutant's quarters look as Caputo returns to Vietnam?
(a) A dugout with sandbag walls and a bamboo roof
(b) A water-soaked tent with makeshift furniture
(c) A prefab building with airconditioning
(d) A revamped box car

3. What is Caputo's impression of the adjutant?
(a) Tall and gangly with big hands and feet
(b) Overweight belly hanging over his belt and a large head
(c) Old and about ready for retirement
(d) A trim Marine ready for combat

4. What names does Caputo recall from his platoon?
(a) Men who caused him the most grief
(b) Men who always followed his orders to the letter
(c) Men with whom he played poker and drank beer
(d) Men who either died or were severely wounded in combat

5. What does Caputo observe about the young mother as they are searching her house?
(a) How she appreciates his putting everything back in place.
(b) How she looks on with complete passivity and without without expression.
(c) How frightened she looks.
(d) How she covers her face with a scarf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens right under their noses as they settle into Danang?

2. Why is it difficult to round up the platoon?

3. What is the aim of Caputo's first entry into combat?

4. What looks beautiful from the hill but becomes ominous up close?

5. How do they get from Okinawa to Vietnam?

(see the answer key)

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